Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand.

As of late January, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (81%) was dominant - led by the JN.1 sub-variant.

EG.5.* "Eris" (13%) continued to decline.

XDK (3%) is growing.

#COVID19 #NZ #BA_2_86 #Pirola #EG_5 #Eris #XDK
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Here's the latest variant picture for Japan.

As of mid-January, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (48%) was only growing slowly.

EG.5.* "Eris" (44%) was putting up much stiffer resistance than in other countries, led by a recent surge in the HK.3 sub-lineage - mainly in Tokyo.

#COVID19 #Japan #BA_2_86 #Pirola #EG_5 #Eris #HK_3
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Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

As of late January, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (88%) was dominant - led by the JN.1 sub-variant.

EG.5.* "Eris" (10%) continued to decline.

#COVID19 #Australia #BA_2_86 #Pirola #EG_5 #Eris @auscovid19
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Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

As of mid-January, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (80%) was dominant - led by the JN.1 sub-variant.

EG.5.* "Eris" (16%) continued to decline.

#COVID19 #Australia #BA_2_86 #Pirola #EG_5 #Eris @auscovid19
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Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

As of early January, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (73%) was dominant - led by the JN.1 sub-variant.

EG.5.* "Eris" (27%) continued to decline.

#COVID19 #Australia #BA_2_86 #Pirola #EG_5 #Eris @auscovid19
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Here's the latest variant picture for Finland.

As of late December, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (46%) had just become dominant - led by the JN.1 sub-variant.

EG.5.* "Eris" (42%) was in a steady decline.

The growth of BA.2.86.* accelerated from early December onwards, in a now-familiar pattern.

#COVID19 #Finland #BA_2_86 #Pirola #EG_5 #Eris
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Here's the latest variant picture for Denmark.

As of mid-December, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (94%) was utterly dominant - led by the JN.1 sub-variant.

EG.5.* "Eris" (5%) was in sharp decline.

The growth of BA.2.86.* in Denmark appears more advanced than in other countries, so perhaps this is a roadmap to the near future elsewhere - "Pirola: Endgame".

#COVID19 #Denmark #BA_2_86 #Pirola #EG_5 #Eris
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Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

As of late December, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (62%) was dominant - led by the JN.1 sub-variant.

EG.5.* "Eris" (30%) was in sharp decline.

The growth of BA.2.86.* accelerated from late November onwards, in a now-familiar pattern.

#COVID19 #Australia #BA_2_86 #Pirola #EG_5 #Eris @auscovid19
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Here's the latest variant picture for South Australia.

As of mid-December, BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (46%) (led by the JN.1 sub-lineage) seemed dominant, rapidly displacing EG.5.* "Eris" (31%) from late November onwards.

#COVID19 #Australia #SA #Adelaide @auscovid19 #EG_5 #Eris #BA_2_86 #Pirola
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Here's the latest variant picture for Tasmania, Australia.

As of mid-December, EG.5.* "Eris" (47%) was generally declining.

BA.2.86.* "Pirola" (50%) began rising steadily from mid-November onwards, led by the JN.1 sub-variant.

#COVID19 #Australia #TAS @auscovid19 #EG_5 #Eris #BA_2_86 #Pirola
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